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  • New paper: A picture is worth more words over time

    New paper: A picture is worth more words over time

    I’m excited to announce we have another new paper, “A picture is worth more words over time: Multimodality and narrative structure across eight decades of American superhero comics,” now out […]

  • New paper: What’s your neural function, narrative conjunction?

    I’m excited to announce that my new paper “What’s your neural function, narrative conjunction: Grammar, meaning, and fluency in sequential image processing” is now out in the open access journal […]

  • Tourist traps in comics land*: Unpublished comics research

    In a series of Twitter posts, I recently reflected on the pitfalls of various comics research that hasn’t been published. Since I think it contains some valuable lessons, I’m going […]

  • New paper: When a hit sounds like a kiss

    I’m excited to announce that I have new paper out in the journal Brain and Language entitled “When a hit sounds like a kiss: an electrophysiological exploration of semantic processing […]

  • New paper: Drawing the Line…in Visual Narratives

    I’m happy to announce that we have a new paper in the latest issue of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition entitled “Drawing the Line Between Constituent […]

  • 2016: My Publications in Review

    As 2016 nears its close, I thought I should do a post reflecting on all the research I’ve released with my colleagues over the past year. This was my biggest […]

  • New paper: Pow, punch, pika, and chu

    New paper: Pow, punch, pika, and chu

    I’m once again excited to announce the publication of another of my students’ projects. Our paper, “Pow, Punch, Pika, and Chu: The Structure of Sound Effects in Genres of American […]

  • New paper: The changing pages of comics

    New paper: The changing pages of comics

    I’m excited to announce the publication of our latest paper, “The changing pages of comics: Page layouts across eight decades of American superhero comics” in the latest issue of Studies […]

  • New paper: Meaning above the head

    I’m happy to announce that our new paper, “Meaning above the head” is now published in the Journal of Cognitive Psychology! This one explores the structure of “upfixes” which are […]

  • Dispelling myths about comics page layout

    Dispelling myths about comics page layout

    There are many websites and twitter accounts that give advice about how to draw comics, and perhaps no other piece of “advice” arises more than the repeated advocacy to avoid […]